Heinrich Hertz

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German physicist human physicist

Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, laying the experimental foundation for modern radio and wireless communication.

Aliases (1)

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ×2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German physicist → human → physicist →
academicAdvisor	Hermann von Helmholtz →
awardReceived	Matteucci Medal → Rumford Medal →
birthName	Heinrich Rudolf Hertz →
burialPlace	Ohlsdorf Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	Wegener's granulomatosis →
citizenship	Germany →
countryOfBirth	German Confederation →
countryOfDeath	German Empire →
dateOfBirth	1857-02-22 →
dateOfDeath	1894-01-01 →
demonstrated	interference of electromagnetic waves → polarization of electromagnetic waves → reflection of electromagnetic waves → refraction of electromagnetic waves →
discovered	electromagnetic waves in free space → radio waves →
educatedAt	University of Berlin → University of Kiel → University of Munich →
employer	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology → University of Bonn → University of Kiel →
eponymOf	Heinrich-Hertz-Turm → Hertzian wave → hertz →
familyName	Hertz →
fieldOfWork	electromagnetic radiation → electromagnetism → physics →
givenName	Heinrich →
hasSibling	Gustav Hertz →
hasUnitNamedAfter	hertz →
influenced	Guglielmo Marconi → Nikola Tesla → Oliver Lodge →
influencedBy	James Clerk Maxwell →
knownFor	Hertzian waves → experimental proof of electromagnetic waves → foundations of radio communication → photoelectric effect experiments →
memberOf	Prussian Academy of Sciences →
nativeLanguage	German →
placeOfBirth	Hamburg →
placeOfDeath	Bonn →
positionHeld	professor of physics →
religion	Lutheranism →
spouse	Elizabeth Doll →
verified	Maxwell's equations experimentally →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Heinrich → Heinrich ("Heinrich Rudolf Hertz") →	borneBy
Heinrich Hertz ("Heinrich Rudolf Hertz") →	birthName
Matteucci Medal →	hasRecipient
James Clerk Maxwell →	influenced
Charles Proteus Steinmetz →	influencedBy